what does democracy sound like?
in an earlier post during the 2012 elections, i asked this question as sound trucks passed by my residence; and now, with a local election finished not too long ago, Continue Reading →
Month: December 2014
remembered soundscapes, with apologies to murray schafer
today i fell for nostalgia. while harvesting a field edge by hand, i felt sad never to have heard the sound of harvesting before the arrival of the combine: although Continue Reading →
tourism and mythology
last week, i had an ambivalent experience of visiting a natural wonder well worth visiting from a natural history perspective; yet, my visit left me worried that i was trespassing. Continue Reading →
imponderabilia of everyday life: birds
ever since the tipos, or northern wind, picked up, i have a new means of telling the time: a flock of a several hundred crested myna birds (acridotheres cristatellus, ba Continue Reading →
